Your belt: Great Survival Tool- If You Know How To Use It

Being an effective survivalist is all about taking simple, everyday items that can serve multiple purposes and then putting them into action in real-life situations.

Belts have been used by man for thousands of years in a variety of different ways. And the modern leather belt of today can be very useful in a survival situation. Below are 10 things a belt can do other than keep your pants up:

1. Carry multiple items. This one may be obvious. A sturdy, durable leather belt will be the best device you have to carry primary items that you need quick access to, such as a handgun, spare ammunition, a knife, flashlight, hatchet and so on.

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3. Keep food off the ground. You can’t afford to let any food go to waste in a survival situation. So while you’re sleeping under the stars, your food needs to be suspended above the ground to keep it out of the range of hungry animals. If you don’t have any rope to suspend your food from a tree, a belt will work just fine.

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6. Pull someone to safety. If a member of your group ever falls into a pit or a body of water, a sturdy belt is a fine alternative to rope in order to try to pull them out.

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8. Be a stretcher puller. If you have an injured member in your group or have shot a big game animal for food, you are probably going to need a stretcher to carry the person or animal. Pulling a stretcher will always be easier if you latch a belt onto the end of it.

9. Serve as a weapon. You can take a rock and sharpen the prong of a belt buckle for use as a whip-like weapon.

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